the act or ceremony of making somebody a priest, minister or rabbi see also ordainTopics Religion and festivalsc2(圣职的)授予;派立礼;按立圣职;授神职礼 Word Originlate Middle English (in the general sense ‘arrangement in order’): from Latin ordinatio(n-), from Latin ordinare ‘put in order’, from ordo, ordin- ‘row, series, rank’.